Stupidest Thing You Will Read Today – Besides being just ridiculously stupid, Eugene Cullen Kennedy at the Reporter manages to brutalize a metaphor so badly, its in a coma. You will may end up in a coma as

Vote Your Priest Off The Island – Whoa. Can you imagine the mischief we could make with a system like this in the States? If there’s one thing people are opinionated about besides politics, it’s

Today on Kresta – August 4, 2011 – Talking about the “things that matter most” on Aug. 4 Live from the Catholic Marketing Network in Philadelphia 4:00 – Summer of Mercy 2.0 In response to what the Holy

Blowback for Gay Activists in Florida – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The typical bullying tactics of homosexual activists appears to be backfiring in the state of Florida where even a secular

The Changing Face of US Parishes – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new study of Catholic parish life has found that even though the number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. has decreased, the

Papa Stronsay, the New Northern Thebaid – The feast of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, which we celebrated two days ago, provides me with the opportunity to present a recent journey to the Redemptorist island of

Heartbreak and hunger in Somalia – By Mary DeTurris Poust The desperate situation in Somalia and in refugee camps in Kenya filled to beyond overflowing with starving men, women and children cries out for

Mosques in America Subversive Plans – My Arab Christian friend in the Middle East writes, ” The most recent edition of the Middle East Quarterly includes an exhaustive peer reviewed study of Mosques in the

#581 – The Least of the Little Ones #1 – “Stories from the Heart” is a daily radio program which features Catholic inspirational stories. The stories are uplifting, bringing the heart and soul closer to God. Each show is around 14 minutes.

Great Reads in No Particular Order – I feel like I’ve been remiss in directing your attention Catholic-Portal-page-wide — bad of me, as there’s some good stuff up! Julie Davis is writing about how she was

Humorless Dem’s Bad “Temperamint” – So, in Knoxville, Tennessee , Joe Armstrong — a humorless Democrat state representative — goes into a college bookstore and sees these silly things: And what does he do?

Escape from CASTLLLLE DAAANGERRR! – We concluded our wonderful gathering of priests this morning and all now scatter back upon the four winds. And so I leave CASTLLLE DAAANGERRR once again. But first a

The horns of a health care dilemma – I’ll bet they had a good laugh about this one at the White House. I saw this from the Catholic League. OBAMA PLAYS CATCH-22 WITH RELIGIOUS GROUPS Catholic League